[colug-432] DHCP/bootp broadcast question: hubba hubba

[R P Herrold]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:59:24 -0500 (EST), R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'd reduce the diagnostic setup to:
> > 	host -- cable -- hub -- cable -- host
> > 
> > and 'sniff' on the hub.
> 
> Are you deliberately avoiding a switch in the above?

yes -- a swithch (a good switch) will limit what traffic it 
exposes to non-relevant destination ports

-- R